navy

Examples

• All

• So I'd recommend going with Navy, grey, tan, or khaki.

  Alex Costa

• It's a navy blue suit.

  Isn't She Great (2000)

• I know it's dark, dark Navy, but it's so nice.

  Freddy My Love

• You put blue and navy together.

  Abraham And Lincoln (2007)

• It's almost like all I wear is striped Navy and white.

• Her long socks were navy blue and came to just below her bare knees.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I have the Lily silk little wool jacket in Navy, which goes with the butt.

• She's six years old and wearing a navy blue jumper.

  Flightplan (2005)

• The Jean Paul Gautier collection was mainly Blues and Navy with some green touches.

• Wedding pictures from 1951 show a bony girl, a navy blue suit, and a foggy day.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

N

navy blue

vsnavy

18 1.0

A very dark blue color like a sailor's uniform

is the shorter form used for the same uniform like dark blue

D

dark blue

vsnavy

3 1.0

A deep, rich blue color darker than normal blue

is the uniform related dark shade rather than the general deep blue

Compounds

N

Navy SEAL

• Formal

72 4.4

A member of a top United States Navy unit trained for special sea, air, and land missions

U

United States Navy

• Formal

22 2.8

A branch of the United States military that uses ships and aircraft to protect the country at sea

U

US Navy

20 2.5

The part of the United States military that uses ships and submarines

N

navy blue

18 1.0

A very dark blue color like a sailor's uniform

S

Secretary of the Navy

• Archaic

15 6.0

Leader of the United States Navy department before 1947 in charge of its operations

N

navy yard

• US

11 4.2

A place where the military builds and fixes ships

N

navy man

8 2.3

A man who serves in the navy

N

navy base

6 3.4

A place where the navy keeps, fixes, and supplies its ships

N

Navy Cross

• Formal

5 6.0

A medal given to people in the US Navy for very brave actions in battle

N

Navy Secretary

• Formal

3 6.3

The government leader of the United States Department of the Navy before 1947

N

Navy Department

• Formal

1 5.9

A part of the United States government that managed the Navy until 1947

N

navy bean

• US

1 1.5

A small white dried bean used in soups and baked beans

N

navy woman

1 2.6

A woman who works in the military at sea

C

Charlestown Navy Yard

1 6.0

A historic navy shipyard in Boston where the warship Constitution is anchored

B

Boston Navy Yard

1 4.5

A historic Navy shipyard in Boston that is home to the warship Constitution

How Dark

navy

42 1.0

dark blue

3 1.0

royal blue

5 3.1

blue

389 1.0

sky-blue

4 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology